The use of the word rank for Navy enlisted personnel is incorrect. The term is rate.. The rating badge is a combination of rate (pay grade, as indicated by the chevrons) and rating (occupational specialty, as indicated by the symbol just above the chevrons).
Neurons are nerve cells that are constantly sending signals to your brain, muscles and glands. You have over 100 billion neurons in your brain sending signals. The signals help the different parts of your body communicate with each other.
The junction between the axon terminals of a neuron and the receiving cell is called a synapse. (Synapses at muscle fibers are also called neuromuscular junctions or myoneural junctions 1  .). Action potentials travel down the axon of the neuron to its end(s), the axon terminal(s). Transmission between neurons is as much as ten times faster than in chemical synapses. 2  Thus electrical synapses can mediate, for example, the very rapid escape response of crayfish that encounter a threat. 3  Electrical synapses in the CNS permit groups of interneurons to fire together.